I feel your pain and I hope we can start feeling better, and I've heard it varies depending on how long you've been taking meds for. I've been using for a year, so I've been told a week to two weeks in order to start feeling better. Since you've been using for 7 years, it probably going to take a bit longer. I was also told that working out really helps with withdrawal symptoms and drink a ton of water to help flush the toxins out of your body. This is what I started doing today and I'm sticking with it, despite the absolute rut I feel in. I just can't stand being controlled by these things anyone. Best of luck and let's keep our heads up.
I stopped taking 160 10/325 oxycodone (same ingredient as oxycontin) over a 2-3 day period. The DR I went to listened to me, explained that it was medically necessary for me to be on some sort of pain medication b/c of all my problems- and to avoid surgery, and she changed all of my PAIN scripts to just ONE active medicine- MS Contin 60mg's- 2 or 3x's day, with a breakthru med w/ the same active ingredient, morphine sulphate-immediate release 15 or 30 mg's IF needed. My life changed within 5-7 days. I am an active father, husband, working hard again-
This is because I listened when the doctor said "If you are taking HUNDREDS of ANY medication then you are NOT being medically supervised or appropriatly treated, you are being SCAMMED". I then saw the bills insurance paid ansd sure enough- the "pill mill dr" has made over 120k on my treatments, shots, so forth.
Looking at the combination of meds you list- I can totally understand why you are so miserable. My advice- go to a doctor that CARES, change your meds to JUST ONE ACTIVE MED, with another on hand for flare ups. You WILL get thru withdrawal, I highly suggest the xanax or some valium- It WILL/DOES stop withdrawal symptoms- I PROMISE. Know that It won't stop them 100%, but if you really want to stop all of the insane medicine you are prescribed, stop ruining your body....then you WILL STOP ABUSING THEM.
Good luck- Stealin' Time from the faulty plan.
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I have been taking pain meds for about 3 years, but heavy for 2 years. I ended up trying methadone but abused that and was suppose to take 30mg a day and I took 140mg aday. The with drawls from methadone are absolutly worse than anything. I got on a drug called SUBOXONE that i really reccomend. With in an hour all the withdrawls go away. But my problem is mental. It is all I can think about. And i dont take just a few I take ALOT. I know i have only been a hard user for 2 years but i can take up to 40 perk 10mgs a day or 15 to 20 roxy 30mg per day like its nothing. The suboxone has the withdrawls under control, but i feel i can not be happy unless i take them. I am a better father, a better worker, a better husband, a beter everything when i am on them, but i know i need to quit i am only 27 years old! This is a jail sentence and I dont know what to do and my fiance will leave me if i go back to as bad as i was. Life is boring to me witout pain meds!!!!!!!!! Any recomendations on depression meds to help with this???please and thank you!
TAKE METHDOME PILLS FOR 5 DAYS THEN SWITCH TO SUBOXON FOR 5 DAYS I PROMISE YOU YOU WILL FEEL BETTER WITH NO WITHDRAWALS AND TRY AND STRUGGLE FOR A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT IT TAKES A GOOD MONTH TO START GETTING THAT GIDDY SMILE BACK AND WANNA DO THINGS......I DID IT AND WILL NEVER GO BACK CAUSE I KNOW LIFE IS BETTER WITH OUT THEM!!!!!! THERE THE DEVIL!!! ITS GOTTA BE IN YOUR HEART TO WANNA DO IT ...I FEEL AMAZING AND YOU WILL TO JUST STRUGGLE FOR THAT LITTLE LITTLE TIME........THE OLD ME IS BACK AND ITS SO GREAT TO BE FREE OF THAT HOLE!!!! YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
if you go to detox and you are home two days and you see blue powder on the side of a persons nose is that normal for something to be there or does that mean its going on again or whats going on?
hello, Ive been sober for a week from 30mg perks 4-6 a day snorting them. The withdrawls have gone, what hell, that was!! But Im going on 2 weeks and I still feel drowsy, lack of energy and i just dont feel like getting out of bed. I have 3 very very young chilren, which is the main reason i knew i had to stop. Me and my husband are both recovering and he seems to be dealing with it alot better then i am. I know alot is in my head cause im always thinking to myself that if i were on a perk id be able to do that. I dont want to feel this way. I mean it takes all the energy i have to just pick up my babies and put them in the car. I cant funtion and i still have some trembles in my hands and my legs are so weak that it takes alot for me to just walk up the stairs. And i wanted to know how much longer will it take to get back to the way i was before the abuse (but asking this question, i cant even remember what normal feels like). I cry all the time and i cant stop thinking about wanting to binge and just do a perk so i can take care of my kids! I know the worst part is over physically but mentally is killing me and the muscle aches are too! I know that i dont want to go back to it, but why do i keep thinking of doing them again? I was using for about 14 months and each month just got worse as my tolerance just kept building. I never wanted to try methadone or the suboxones, as i have family who are now addicted to them and the withdrawl off of them is ten times worse. I dont want to go to one addicition to another. Please someone tell me that it wont be much longer. My husband keeps telling me youll be back to normal within a week....but reading other posts and speaking with my cousin, it seems as tho it may take months!!! HELP i do not want to relapse just because i feel weak and have no motivation for anything!!!!
Thanks Lacrus
Hello,
I have been on pills for about 4 years. For the last years it was eith 250 to 300 roxys, or 100 mg methadone a day. I spent my life savings, lost a great job and OD'ed twice--died and was brought back. It was hell. I remember the last time I OD'ed they did not expect me to live. The first thing I remember is trying to breath and oxygenate my body. Could not get enough air. I have a dream I was under a pile of people getting crushed and slowly regained full consiousness. The nurses and doctors look at you like a piece of sh__. I feel like sh*t now, but I met a great woman and I must be sober to enjoy life with her and for her to trust me--she does not know. I have gone through withdrawl before, but this time I welcome it. It will be a reminder of the inevitable and the truth is one cannot maintain a pill habit and a normal life. Jail is a constant worry when scoring and getting a job is tough because you must bring someone elses pee in with you. I know it will take time for my brain to start making feel good chemicals again, but at least I can look forward to it, thing will get better. Brothers and sisters hear me now. It is impossible to be an addict your whole like and living life as a sheep owned by the local methadone clinic is pitiful. They treat you like a piece of sh__ too. Things could be worse. You will recover unlike those with terminal disease or stuck in a wheel chair. After the initial acute withdrawl is gone you will start to feel clean and proud. Only us junkys know how strong you must be to beat opiate addiction. You will feel proud to have won the war--literaly a war. You won't feeel like a chump when scoring and that nagging worry about when you run out will be history. I am only day 2 of no methadone and really scared of what is to come, but in a month I will feel better and in a year even better. Those not in our shoes are peeking now. At least we know as time heals we will get bettter physically and mentally. Writing this for encouragment has helped me too. If NA and AA are not your thing, then fiind something else to grab onto weather it is fishing, nature, exercise or family. I wish all of you the best and know that only a strong person can start over and give up the thing loved the most--opiate bliss. Good luck to all of you.